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Drug & Alcohol Addiction
Drug & Alcohol Addiction
Coaching — London
Specialist support at every stage of recovery, combining clinical experience with practical, effective coaching.
Specialist support at every stage of recovery, combining clinical experience with practical, effective coaching.
Stopping is the first step and it matters enormously. Clinical understanding and psycho-education is what helps you sustain long term recovery. The question that sustainable recovery demands is not just what you are using, but why.
In my experience, clinical and personal, addiction is almost always a response to something. Pain that has no other outlet, anxiety that has never been properly addressed, trauma that was never processed, or simply a need for relief that the substance provides. Until that underlying layer is understood, recovery remains fragile.
My approach combines the depth of psychotherapeutic work, exploring the roots, the patterns, the history, with the practical tools and structure of high-level coaching. We don't just talk about what's happening. We build, session by session, the real-world skills and frameworks that support lasting change.
I draw on CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic therapy, and 12-step frameworks, not rigidly, but as a toolkit, selecting what each person needs at each stage of their recovery.
I support people at every stage in recovery. From those still in active addiction who are beginning to consider change, to those in early recovery. I support people through alcohol dependence, cocaine and stimulant use, opiate addiction, cannabis dependency, and polydrug use. I also work with people whose substance use sits alongside anxiety, depression, trauma, or neurodiversity.
My understanding of addiction goes beyond the clinical. I have a personal journey through recovery of my own, something I keep private, but which gives me a quality of presence and understanding in this work that my clients consistently describe as different. I know what it feels like to be in it, and I know what it takes to get out.
Available online, by phone, face-to-face in London, or as an intensive 24/7 live-in arrangement in the UK or internationally. Sessions in English and Arabic.
Compulsive gambling — also known as gambling disorder — is one of the most misunderstood forms of addiction. Unlike substance addiction, there is nothing physical to point to. No visible withdrawal. Just a behavioural pattern that has quietly taken over a person's life, finances, relationships and sense of self.
Gambling activates the brain's reward system in a way that closely mirrors substances like alcohol and cocaine. The excitement of anticipation, the near-miss, the temporary relief from anxiety or low mood. These experiences create powerful psychological reinforcement that can override rational thinking and good intentions.
For many, gambling begins as entertainment and becomes a coping mechanism, a response to stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, or the need for excitement and escape. Understanding what gambling is doing for you, what need it is meeting, is the core of recovery work. I use CBT (particularly effective in gambling disorder), psychodynamic therapy to understand what drives the behaviour, and 12-Step principles including Gamblers Anonymous where appropriate.
Gambling addiction carries particular stigma. Many people suffer alone for years before seeking help, often because they cannot face the shame of disclosure. Everything discussed in our sessions is held in complete confidence. Always.
Sex addiction and compulsive sexual behaviour are among the most stigmatised and least discussed psychological challenges. Those who experience it often carry deep shame and isolation. It is a real problem, and it does get better.
Like other compulsive behaviours, it is typically a way of managing something else: anxiety, loneliness, shame, boredom, or emotional pain. Understanding what the behaviour is doing for you is the beginning of changing it.
I offer a completely non-judgmental and confidential space. Sessions are available online for maximum privacy.